I’ve found them ok, but no more than that.
The actual ordering process is simple, you can see what is in each recipe before you order. Some ingredients attract a premium (king prawn / steak etc). Seemed to be a lot of pasta and curry dishes which I don’t tend to cook at home and I deliberately picked low carb healthy dishes which reduced my options.
The delivery process was fine. One really good thing was being emailed the day before with the use by dates for each recipe which allowed me to plan. On arrival there was a huge amount of packaging to contend with, ice packs etc and being honest the amount of packaging e.g. a tiny sachet of cayenne pepper made me groan.
I ended up tweaking 3 of the recipes slightly as I wanted to reduce the washing up (I have issues standing). They were easy to follow and quite cleverly designed so you do everything at the right time - I am hopeless at doing this normally.
I think it would be quite good if going on a self catering holiday, as all you need is salt, pepper and oil, everything else is provided.
I reckon I will use two of the recipes again. Will I use Gousto again - perhaps on another deal. But not at full price.
Using Gousto had an impact on my online supermarket shop this fortnight as I’ve struggled to hit the £40 minimum delivery order. It doesn’t make as much sense for me but then I’m only cooking for one, and I’m not time sensitive.
For a family however I reckon it could be different. I reckon my Mum would have loved something like this when she was cooking for us as a kid. A quick and different dinner a few times a week.
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